I'm back after posting TinyPress here 4ish years ago. Thanks for the feedback on that project, really was amazing.
## What to check out on Goodpods:
- Check out the awesome search page!
- Check out the library feature and ability to see description for podcasts quickly
- Check out profile page
## A few notes:
- MOBILE NOT SUPPORTED. THIS ALPHA INCLUDES DESKTOP VERSION OF WEB APP. SORRY :(
- It's on the $7/month heroku hosting for now. And images
aren't cached locally - so give the pages a few seconds to load please.
- The search page specifically needs a few seconds to load.
- This is early early alpha (v0.5), releases are rolling out daily to update UI & functionality.
- There will be more GoodReads functionality coming. I have a full social posting and networking feature set that is 100% done and tested, just not quite where I'd like it somehow, so I turned that off in the app for now. At this point the app is all about discovering podcasts and maintaining your library.
- Also please note most things on the site are temp - not final - including the logo and name of the site itself.
I'll be gone for most of the day traveling, but lmk how I can improve this. I'm SUPER interested in feedback and constructive criticism.
Yep. A verry rough v1 of this has been in the works for quite some time, with a few friends of mine. But they have all moved on to other projects and this is now my baby. Also, this is a completely overhauled version - hence today's HN post.
You're absolutely right. Even me being the creator of this the one vibe I get when using the product is "well this is not very intuitive". I'm going to be optimizing for that over the next few weeks. Thanks for the gut check.
Interesting. I'm re-building the core engine powering this using (basically all Javascript right now on Backbone) in Ruby + Javascript with an actual postgresql database behind it. Right now it's using an in memory store for things like your autosave drafts etc.
Do you think I should open source the project? Right now the Android app and the web-app (mentioned above) are closed source, but the philosophy of this platform is about open source writing - and to not have an open source application powering that seems antithetical. What do you think?
I'm cataloging feedback I receive so you all know I'm listening, and will be iteratively adding these items as we move forward over the next week or two.
You can find the list on the post below. I'll be updating this post in real time from feedback I get here, on Twitter, or through Intercom (blue button on site).
Really interesting point. I'm not exactly sure what I think would happen, but my intuition is that GitHub wouldn't turn off access to GitHub pages just for users on our platform - even if traffic was excessive. I think this generates a lot of interest in GitHub in general which is beneficial for them.
But you are right, I believe a git based cms/blog that runs in some standalone fashion could be a v2 or v3 of this product. Or perhaps a one-off paid option if you don't want to use GitHub, you can pay to use our private git repo or even a git repo you host on your own.
Really good suggestions. I appreciate the feedback. I am definitely going to increase the quality of the gif, and figure out a way to include a demo of the product.
## What to check out on Goodpods:
- Check out the awesome search page!
- Check out the library feature and ability to see description for podcasts quickly
- Check out profile page
## A few notes:
- MOBILE NOT SUPPORTED. THIS ALPHA INCLUDES DESKTOP VERSION OF WEB APP. SORRY :(
- It's on the $7/month heroku hosting for now. And images aren't cached locally - so give the pages a few seconds to load please.
- The search page specifically needs a few seconds to load.
- This is early early alpha (v0.5), releases are rolling out daily to update UI & functionality.
- There will be more GoodReads functionality coming. I have a full social posting and networking feature set that is 100% done and tested, just not quite where I'd like it somehow, so I turned that off in the app for now. At this point the app is all about discovering podcasts and maintaining your library.
- Also please note most things on the site are temp - not final - including the logo and name of the site itself.
I'll be gone for most of the day traveling, but lmk how I can improve this. I'm SUPER interested in feedback and constructive criticism.
Thanks all. Dain